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By Taiye Agbaje Abuja – Rep Anayo Nnebe (PDP-Anambra), has dismissed the call by leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, on the people of the South East to boycott […]

Abuja (Sundiata Post) – Chairman of Special Presidential Investigation Panel For Recovery of Public Property, Okoi Obono-Obla has provided reasons it arrested the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Hope Uzodinma, on […]

By Nse Anthony-Uko ABUJA, (Sundiata Post) — The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has disclaimed the insinuation that it has in its custody $3.5billion Subsidy fund. NNPC Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Mr. […]

By Chibuike Nwabuko Abuja (Sundiata Post) – Lawmaker representing Kaduna central senatorial district at the National Assembly, Senator Shehu Sani has exposed the secret behind the alleged groups’ purchase of forms for aspirants as well […]

By Harrison Arubu Abuja – The Presidency on Monday said the Card Reader was not included in the latest Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill 2018, which President Muhammadu Buhari declined assent to. Sen. Ita Enang, […]

By Angela Atabo Abuja – The Youth Initiative for Advocacy, Growth and Advancement (YIAGA-Africa) on Monday said the non-conclusion of electoral amendments constituted a major threat to the credibility of the 2019 elections. Mr Ezenwa […]

By Edith Ike-Eboh Abuja – An energy expert, Mr Bank-Anthony Okoroafor, says the passage of the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB) into law will facilitate massive investment in the oil and gas sector in […]

By Chibuike Nwabuko Abuja (Sundiata Post) – Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday commended the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, for the firm and progressive leadership he has provided for the National Assembly. […]

By Muftau Ogunyemi Akure – Mr Bode Ayorinde, a member of the House of Representatives representing Owo/Ose constituency in Ondo State, said he left the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) […]

By Taiye Agbaje Abuja – Some Nigerians on Tuesday, expressed divergent opinions over “delay’’ by President Muhammadu Buhari in signing the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill. There have been calls on the president to sign the […]

By Cecilia Ijuo Abuja – The National Assembly Joint Committee on Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC), has adopted President Muhammadu Buhari’s N143 billion budget request for 2019 General Elections as against the commission’s N198 […]

THE National Assembly will not reconvene on Tuesday (tomorrow), The PUNCH has just learnt, contrary to public expectation. At the House of Representatives, its spokesman, Mr Abdulrazak Namdas, told The PUNCH that the House in […]

By Chibuike Nwabuko Abuja (Sundiata Post) – There is controversy in the presidency as President Muhammadu Buhari is said to be angry over last week’s sack of Lawal Daura, former Director-General, Department of State Services […]

By Cecilia Ijuo Abuja – The Nigeria Network of Non-Governmental Organisations (NNNGO), has condemned freezing of accounts of two states’ governments in the country. Speaking to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja […]

By Emmanuel Oloniruha Abuja – A former member of National Assembly, Sen. Ighoyota Amori, has advised security agencies to learn from Tuesday’s constitutional breach at the National Assembly, saying it was […]

By Yemi Adeleye Lagos – Some Lagos lawmakers on Thursday said President Muhammadu Buhari’s integrity would not allow him influence or gag the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the conduct of 2019 general […]

ABUJA (Sundiata Post) + President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, on Thursday reiterated the resolve and commitment of the 8th Senate and indeed the National Assembly, to continue to protect and defend the nation’s fledgling […]

By Isaac Aregbesola Abuja – The Delegation of the European Union (EU) to Nigeria and ECOWAS has condemned the action of the operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) in Tuesday’s blockade […]

By Chibuike Nwabuko Abuja [Sundiata Post] – Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, on Thursday reiterated the resolve and commitment of the 8th Senate and indeed the National Assembly, to continue to protect and defend […]

By Cecilia Ijuo Abuja, – The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC), Prof. Yakubu Mahmood, has assured that the National Assembly may consider the 2019 General Elections Budget of N242 billion for passage next week. […]

By Salisu Sani-Idris Abuja – The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has expressed strong disapproval of the blockade of the National Assembly by security operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS). The National […]

Isaiah Eka Ikot Ekpene – Sen. Ahmed Bola Tinubu, the National Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), has alleged that some members of the National Assembly were planning to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari. But he […]

By Emmanuel Oloniruha Abuja – Chief Olu Falae, the National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) has condemned Tuesday blockade of the National Assembly by operatives of the Department of State Services. In a […]

By Emmanuel Mogbede Abuja – The All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned the blockade of the National Assembly by masked DSS operatives and dissociated itself from the development. The party in a statement issued […]

By Joseph Edeh Abuja – The Nigeria Police Force has denied involvement in the blockade of the National Assembly (NASS) complex. The News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) reports that the operatives of the Department […]

Following the blockage of the National Assembly by DSS operatives and the subsequent dismissal of Lawal Musa Daura, the director general of the agency, Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday , August 7, met with […]

By Cecilia Ijuo Abuja – Senate Bukola Saraki will address a World Press Conference at the foyer of the National Assembly at noon on Wednesday, says Mr Yusuph Olaniyonu, his Special Adviser on Media and […]

By Chibuike Nwabuko Abuja {Sundiata Post} – British High Commission has reacted to Tuesday’s development at the National Assembly, saying it would only accept a democratic process that recognises the rights of Nigerians to participate […]

By Samuel Max-Iyaye/Dorcas Jonah Abuja – Abdulmumini Aminu,a former Chairman of the then Nigeria Football Association (NFA), on Tuesday in Abuja called for the introduction of an enabling law for the present-day Nigeria Football […]

The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki has made a surprise appearance at the National Assembly. Saraki walked into the foyer of the ‘White House’ complex of the National Assembly around 3.42 pm, to a loud […]

By Emmanuel Oloniruha Abuja – Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Tuesday condemned the blockade early today of the National Assembly gates by security operatives, describing the action as “illegal […]

By Chibuike Nwabuko Abuja {Sundiata Post} – Following the on-going invasion of the National Assembly complex by men of the Department of State Services (DSS) in which legislators and members of staff, including the Clerk […]

By Emmanuel Oloniruha Abuja – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said on Monday that the Presidency’s appeal to federal lawmakers to reconvene from recess was mere wish and attempt to blackmail the National Assembly. […]